PSV will mark eighty years of the liberation of Eindhoven during the match with N.E.C. Nijmegen. Around the meeting with N.E.C. the club pays attention to the liberation in various ways. Online we tell stories about the club and city in wartime. Part 2 is about PSV'ers who did not return.
After the liberation, PSV was no longer the same; members died in the war, but heroes also stood up
When, after the liberation of the southern Netherlands in September 1944, the balance sheet can be drawn up, it turns out that a football club like PSV also came out of the war battered. There were vacancies in various teams because players died in camps or by other war violence. However, heroes also emerged.
Daily life was also continued in Eindhoven after the German invasion as best as it could be. This also applied to sports. At PSV, football continued as usual during the war years, although there was no longer any question of a "normal" situation.
Members killed, a raid, bombs raining down on the sports park, German claims and members in the resistance; PSV's wartime history is greater than assumed, but also partly forgotten.
The rest of the article, written by Joris Kaper, can be found on the website of the Eindhovens Dagblad. Joris will publish a book about PSV in World War II in April 2025. You can also find him on Instagram, Facebook and X.